Introduction to Solar Sentinels
Solar Sentinels is a casino slot from Atomic Slot Lab that brings simple spins together with a simple Ancient Egyptian theme. We find ourselves on the River Nile, passing through two large monuments dedicated to the god Anubis and the pharaoh of the time. Mythologically, this doesn’t really make sense, as Ra was the sun god, Hapi was the god of the Nile, and Sobek was the Nile’s protective deity. But we digress, as we might be reading too much into it, and the game is probably more historically accurate than their last Egyptian-themed game, Egyptian Magic Dollars & Dreams. When it comes to the actual game, the small 3x3 playing grid comes with a handful of features, mostly focused around its Coin Symbols and their Cash Prizes worth up to 250X the bet. These features include a small Expanded Cash Bonus and a Free Spins bonus game to help cash in on as many Coin Symbols as possible and maybe even hit the max win of 4,400X the bet.
Take a trip through time back to Ancient Egypt, where Cash Prizes are what all the buzz is about on the River Nile.
Theme, Gameplay, & Payouts
Solar Sentinels is a video slot from Atomic Slot Lab with 3 Reels, 3 Rows, and 5 Paylines. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 250. Solar Sentinels comes with a lower-than-average RTP of 95.49%, a hit frequency of 14.68%, medium volatility, and a rather low max win of 4,400X the bet. However, do note that the game comes in multiple versions, with lower RTPs of 94.48%, 94.02%, and 86.04%.
As mentioned earlier, we find ourselves on the River Nile, with large monuments taking up the background, and even the playing grid is built into two massive, decorated limestone pillars. Paired with this is your typical run-of-the-mill Ancient Egyptian soundtrack and sound effects, just the same as they have been for the last two decades. You can play the game on most desktops, mobiles, and notepads.
The lower-paying symbols are various items, including a whip, an ankh, and a crook and flail. Creating a win with 3 of the same symbols will pay out 0.5X to 1X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are a bird, a cat, and a pharaoh. Landing a win with 3 of the same symbols pays out 2.5X to 10X the bet.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Solar Sentinels?
You can win up to 4,400X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Solar Sentinels?
The features are Wild Symbols, Coin and Scroll Symbols, Expanded Cash Bonus, Free Spins, and Feature Buy.
Wild Symbols
There are two types of Wild Symbols, the standard and Coin version, but both of them do the same thing, help create winning combinations by being able to substitute for all other regular paying symbols.
Coin and Scroll Symbols
Coin Symbols come with a random Cash Prize ranging from 0.5X to 200X, and can only payout if at least 1 Coin Symbol lands on each reel, awarding you all Cash Prizes on Screen. If a combination of Coin and Scroll appears on all reels, or if only Scrolls appear on all reels, you will be awarded the Expanded Cash Bonus.
Expanded Cash Bonus
When triggered, all reels that contain a Scroll Symbol will have all their positions filled with Coin Symbols. After that, one of two bonuses will be applied, the first will multiply all Cash Prizes by 2X-10X, and the other will convert all Coin Symbols into Wild Coin Symbols.
Free Spins
By landing 3 Scatter Symbols, you will be awarded the Free Spins feature. During the bonus game, within the first 10 spins, an Expanded Cash Bonus is guaranteed to trigger. Landing 2 or 3 extra Scatters during the feature will award +10 additional spins.
Feature Buy
Through the Feature Buy, you can instantly trigger the bonus game for a price based on the current bet.
100X = Awards the Free Spins feature.
Final Thoughts on Solar Sentinels
Solar Sentinels is another Ancient Egyptian-themed game that relies on old-school features and doesn’t exactly present itself as a modern release. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as there are many players out there who prefer older titles, and studios try to capitalize on that with newer releases. This isn’t exactly a new thing, and Atomic Slot Labs has released many such games, with Solar Sentinels just being one of them. However, as visuals come by, we wouldn’t exactly say that Solar Sentinel is the ugliest thing out there, just that it already feels outdated on arrival.
Gameplay-wise, we have two ways of hitting wins, either through the okay-ish paytable with regular symbols, or by utilizing the one core feature of the game, the Coin Cash Prizes and its Expanded Cash Bonus. As Cash Prize features go, Solar Sentinels isn’t awful, as it streamlines the process by forgoing the Collector Symbols and instead having Coin Symbols pay out through regular paylines. This all works just fine, but it might not be the most consistent. However, this is where the Expanded Cash Bonus comes in and works as a, once in a while, exciting hit with lots of Coin Symbols, even if the payout itself isn’t enormous. All in all, Solar Sentinels is a simple game that’s trying to act old-school, and while it may have its volatile ups, it has some pretty low lows, and its lower-than-average statline doesn’t exactly help its case.
Solar Sentinels is an Ancient Egyptian-themed game that’s centered on Coin Symbols and their Cash Prizes.
